Journal of Consumer Policy

2004 - 2025

Current editor(s): Hans Micklitz, John Thøgersen, Lucia A. Reisch, Alan Mathios and Christian Twigg-Flesner

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Editorial and a Farewell pp. 381-382: Alan Mathios and Stephen Weatherill
A European Contract Law, or an EU Contract Law Regulation for Consumers? pp. 383-407: Norbert Reich
Innovation and EU Consumer Law pp. 409-432: Christian Twigg-Flesner
Regulatory Oversight or Lack of Foresight? Implications for Product Recall Policies and Procedures pp. 433-460: Lynne Eagle, Lawrence Rose, Philip Kitchen and Jacinta Hawkins

Sustainable Consumption Governance: A History of Promises and Failures pp. 261-288: Doris Fuchs and Sylvia Lorek
Music Piracy on the Web – How Effective are Anti-Piracy Arguments? Evidence from the Theory of Planned Behaviour pp. 289-310: Alain d’Astous, François Colbert and Daniel Montpetit
An Empirical Investigation Into the Effect of Music Downloading on the Consumer Expenditure of Recorded Music: A Time Series Approach pp. 311-324: Lonnie Stevans and David Sessions
CLAB Europa – The European Database on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts pp. 325-360: Hans-W. Micklitz and Malek Radeideh
Reorientation in Consumer Policy – Challenges and Prospects From the Perspective of Practical Consumer Advice Work pp. 361-370: Matthias Arkenstette

David Harland in memoriam pp. 141-142: Norbert Reich
How May Consumer Policy Empower Consumers for Sustainable Lifestyles? pp. 143-177: John Thøgersen
The Performative Nature of Consumer Research: Consumers’ Environmental Awareness as an Example pp. 179-201: Eva Heiskanen
Mix-Up: Models of Governance and Framing Opportunities in U.S. and EU Consumer Policy pp. 203-230: Christoph Strünck
Book Reviews, E. Feldman & R. Bayer (Eds): Unfiltered Conflicts Over Tobacco Policy and Public Health. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2004. ISBN 0674013344. 394 pp., GBP 35.95 pp. 231-252: Geraint Howells, Laurence Etherington and Hannes Rösler

EC Competition Law After Modernisation: More than Ever in the Interest of Consumers pp. 1-30: Jules Stuyck
Towards a Handbook on European Contract Law and Beyond: The Commission’s 2004 Communication “European Contract Law and the Revision of the Acquis: The Way Forward” pp. 31-51: Jens Karsten and Gösta Petri
The Reliability of Certification: Quality Labels as a Consumer Policy Tool pp. 53-73: Gabriele Jahn, Matthias Schramm and Achim Spiller
A Detailed Study of Financial Exclusion in the UK pp. 75-108: James Devlin

The Protection of the Weak Party in a Harmonised European Contract Law: A Synthesis pp. 245-251: Ewoud Hondius
Freedom and Protection in Contemporary Contract Law pp. 253-267: Ton Hartlief
The Place of Consumer Contract Law Within the Process on European Contract Law pp. 269-287: Dirk Staudenmayer
Unfair Terms in Contracts: Proposals for Reform in the UK pp. 289-316: Hugh Beale
The Abuse of the "Confident Consumer" as a Justification for EC Consumer Law pp. 317-337: Thomas Wilhelmsson
The Principles of European Contract Law and the Protection of the Weaker Party pp. 339-356: Hans-W. Micklitz
Book Review: Christian Twigg-Flesner: Consumer Product Guarantees. Aldershot, U.K./Burlington, U.S.: Ashgate, 2003. 229 pp. ISBN 0-7546-2186-3. GBP 55.00 pp. 357-359: John N. Adams

How Retailers Determine Which Products Should Go on Sale: Evidence From Store-Level Data pp. 141-177: Daniel Hosken and David Reiffen
Consumer Class Actions: Are They a Solution for Enforcing Consumer Rights? The Israeli Model pp. 179-212: Sinai Deutch
The Impact of Environmental Labelling on Consumer Preference: Negative vs. Positive Labels pp. 213-230: Gunne Grankvist, Ulf Dahlstrand and Anders Biel

Principles and Visions of a New Consumer Policy: Discussion Paper by the Scientific Advisory Board for Consumer, Food, and Nutrition Policy to the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture pp. 1-42: Lucia A. Reisch
The Hungarian Cocktail of Competition Law and Consumer Protection: Should It Be Dissolved? pp. 43-74: Katalin Cseres
Consumer Demand for Guaranteed Renewability in Health Insurance pp. 75-97: Roger Feldman and Jennifer Schultz
Valuing Statistical Lives: The Choice of Measure Also Matters pp. 99-104: Jack Knetsch
Karin Bergmann: Dealing with consumer uncertainty. Public relations in the food sector pp. 105-109: Peter Belton
Reinhold Hedtke: Konsum und Ökonomik. Grundlagen, Kritik und Perspektiven pp. 109-114: Manfred Moldaschl